Laundry tag



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LAUNDRY TAG.

Application filed April 12, 1922. Serial No. 551,882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mourns G. ROSENTHAL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry Tags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification.

My invention relates to checks or tags for laundry use for marking articles prior to passing them through the laundry to permit subsequent identification.

In the past there have been a great num ber of diiferent forms of identification mark, including printed-up labels, pin tags, clamping tags of metal, stitched-down labels of fabric to receivethe mark, and removable stitched-on labels. White articles have usually been marked by printing direct on some inconspicuous corner and dark articles by means of a tag pinned on with'a safety pin, but the other forms mentioned have all been used to some extent.

It is the object of my invention to provide a metal tag, thereby insuring permanence to the tag and enabling its re-use. It is my object to arrange this tag so that it may be stitched direct to the fabric, but will be removable either by cutting the threads or by pulling them.

I also provide in connection with the tag for an eyelet or slot by means of which the tag can be hung upon a peg, thus facilitating assorting of other than fiat workin the laundry.

In connection with the tag I so form it that it is adapted for easy mechanical feeding to a stitching device from a magazine.

Other advantages gained by the use of the metal tag is that it can be made of uni way of counting by piles of tags. The metal is not afiected by starch and cannot run or stain the articles being washed.

These various objects and advantages I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the tag attached to a. garment by a button sewer draw thread stitch. V

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the tag mounted on apiece of fabric in a pre-- ferred way. 1 l

Figure 3 is a more or less diagrammatic view showing how the tag may be held'and discharged from a'niaga'zine pin.

Referring to the'exact formof tag in the drawings, which'it will .be'understoodmay be varied through a wide degree, I show the tag or check lhaving at the forward end a pair of holes 2 through which the check is stitched to a garment. In the drawings I have shown a button sewer stitch3 with a draw thread a, which engages the various loops forming the stitch. I

The body of the tag is formed with a slot 5 by means of which the tag may be hung over a peg and somewhere on the face. of the tag and on the reverse side also if desired, will be imprinted the identification mark, such as A.7l (meaning Lot A, number 71). v

At the rear ofthe tag I provide holes 6- from which narrow slots 7 extend to the rear edge of the tag body. By this means the tag is adapted to be set over pins in a magazine or hopper, such as the pins 8. The large portions of the pins will hold the tags slidably, but irremovably, but the bottom tag can be discharged where the pin is made small as at 9, since the slot 7 will provide clearance for movement over said portion 9.

It is important to note that the tag shown is capable of being hopper fed, both from its rectangular or noncircular shape and be-v cause of the guide holes 6 and slots 7.

Among other things it is notable that the check or tag is perfectly flat and has no movable parts. Due to its permanence and reuse, the final cost of the tag will be much less than the cost of fabric tags which are thrown away or delivered with the article to the customer and by him removed.

Since the tag has a portion of its body between the stitching holes, any form of stitch maybe used and a knife pressed against the. threads where they lie across the With a little practice the tag will not starch down, which cannot be said of stltched-on labels. By the word ruetallic in the claims that follow 1 wish to include substitutes for metal. Having thus described structure illustrating my invention,

an exemplary what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters pair of apertures being adapted for receiving stitches, whereby the tag is mounted on an article 111 the laundry. 7

2. A laundry marking tag comprising a flat, stiff plate having a central aperture for suspension of thetaggand a pair L r for receiving stitches to mount the tag, a pair of apertures having a reduced 11 opening to the edge of the tag opposite pair 01" apertures, for the purpose des ribe 3. A laundry inaf device compris? in combination with still tag, a of a r ertures therein, and mounting stitches ing'a *ross the body of the tag between said two apertures, said stitches adapted to gage a piece of fabric for marking the S n: with the ant the intervenin metal is ing an abutment again i. 'which stitches may be cut for quick removal tag, and a large aperture in the ta pendent of the other apertures and 7 as a loop by means of which the 1 suspended.

MORRIS G. R SENTHAU. 

